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Kenny Klein (born 1955, New York City) is an American celtic, folk and country musician, a published author, playwright, actor and poet, and an elder and a High Priest in the Blue Star tradition of Wicca.[1] Klein is a noted fiddler, and plays styles ranging from Irish and British to jazz and swing.

Career

In the mid-1980s Kenny and Tzipora, as they were known, recorded several projects on Kicking Mule Records, including the album Wineskins, Tinkers, & Tears in 1985. Together with their children they traveled around the US, performing at Pagan festivals, Renaissance fairs, and folk music venues.[2]

Klein currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana relocating there after many years of living in Los Angeles, California. In Los Angeles he worked with Enrichment Works, a non-profit organization that brings performance art to public schools in the Los Angeles area.[3] He originated the role of Ike in Gold Rush Honeymoon for Enrichment Works, and also created the original one-man show, PIRATES!, for the organization.[3] Also in Los Angeles Klein worked with Celtic band Odd's Bodkin. Odd's Bodkin has toured extensively, and has played at such venues as the Southern California Renaissance Faire, Northern California Renaissance Faire, Bristol Renaissance Faire, the Starwood Festival, and the Wisteria Cornstalk Festival.

A noted fiddler, Kenny has done a good deal of studio recording on various musical projects. He has written and produced eight musical albums. He has also developed his career as an author, with four titles available, currently writing books on the subject of Faerie Lore and Grimms Fairy Tales for Llewellyn Worldwide [1]. Klein's newest title is Fairy Tale Rituals.[4]

Neopagan activities

Through his interest in British music, Klein discovered the Wiccan and Neopagan communities. He learned a great deal about traditional Scottish Witchcraft from New York merchant Eileen Campbell Gordon, and then joined the Blue Star coven and tradition of Wicca, becoming a High Priest within that tradition in 1983. He helped steer the Tradition towards a more traditional British form, discarding Alexandrian and ceremonial rituals and replacing them with British folkloric Craft practices, including the 8 Paths of Power, the 7 Tenets of Faith, and the Drawing Down of the Moon and Sun. Between 1983 and 1992 he and his wife, High Priestess Tzipora Klein (née Katz) were largely responsible for transforming Blue Star from a local coven to a Wiccan tradition of its own.[5] Touring the country during that period performing music, Kenny and Tzipora continued to teach Blue Star Wicca, initiating many people and founding many covens, at the same time recording and distributing lessons on cassette tapes,[6] and Klein has continued to teach Traditional Wicca since then. In 1992, after separating from Tzipora, he established the Rose and Antler coven of Blue Star, through which he continues to practice and teach. He is the author of The Flowering Rod: Men, Sex and Spirituality, a book on Wicca and Men's Mysteries.

Bibliography

  • Fairy Tale Rituals, (May 2011) [4] Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN 978-0-7387-2305-1
  • Through The Faerie Glass, (February 2010) [7] Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN 978-0-7387-1883-5
  • The Flowering Rod: Men, Sex and Spirituality (March 1993) Delphi Press ISBN 1-878980-07-6, ISBN 978-1-878980-07-6
  • Lilith, Queen Of The Desert July 2010) includes poem Lilith by Kenny Klein, Knickerbocker Circus Publishing ISBN 978-1-4507-2236-0
  • Girls I Knew When I Was Twenty (August 2004) Poetic Diversity[8]
  • Legba in the French Market Strange Road Website
  • Touring Italy Through New York City (January 2002) The Long Trip Home Website
  • Pirates! Study Guide for the play Pirates!, written & performed by Kenny Klein

Discography

Solo

  • 1994 - Gold of the Autumn - Blackthorn Records
  • 1995 - High Grows the Barley - Blackthorn Records
  • 1998 - Muses - Brewers' Witch Productions
  • 2004 - The Fairy Queen (Kenny Klein & Lori Watley) - Blackthorn Records
  • 2005 - Little Birds Of Desire - Blackthorn Records
  • 2005 - Barley Moon - Blackthorn Records
  • 2007 - Meet Me In The Shade Of The Maple Tree - Blackthorn Records
  • 2008 - Oak & Ash - Blackthorn Records
  • 2011 - Ghosts Of The Delta - Independent

With Tzipora Katz

  • ???? - Both Sides of the Water
  • 1983 - Worn Out Threads and Tire Treads (Live Album) - Kicking Mule Records
  • 1983 - Moon Hooves in the Sand - Blue Star Records (Cassette)
  • 1985 - Wineskins, Tinkers, & Tears - Kicking Mule Records (LP)
  • 1989 - Kenny & Tzipora: Live & Kickin' at A.C.E. - A.C.E. (Cassette)
  • 1990 - Enchantress - Gypsy (Kenny & Tzipora guest artists) - White Light Pentacles (Cassette) (CD release 2001)
  • 2004 - Best of Pagan Song (compilation CD) - Serpentine Music Productions

References

  1. ^ Lewis, James R. (1999). Witchcraft today: an encyclopedia of Wiccan and neopagan traditions. ABC-CLIO. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-57607-134-2.
  2. ^ "Folk Music Performer Index - Kea to Kep". Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  3. ^ a b Enrichment Works Website[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Llewellyn Worldwide - Fairy Tale Rituals: Product Summary". Llewellyn.com. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  5. ^ "''An Opinionated Blue Star History'' by Kenny Klein". Kennyklein.net. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  6. ^ Castells, Cat. "Ravenstar Coven Website". Ravenstarcoven.org. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  7. ^ "Llewellyn Worldwide - Through The Faerie Glass: Product Summary". Llewellyn.com. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  8. ^ "Poetic Diversity, Kenny Klein, Contributing Poets". Poeticdiversity.org. Retrieved 2011-07-27.


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